WoRMS name details

Syllis (Ehlersia) hyperioni Dorsey & Phillips, 1987

334890  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334890)

 unaccepted (superseded original representation; subgeneric rank abandoned)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]   
Holotype  AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight  
Holotype AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA),...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA), Santa Monica Bay (33º52'27"N, 118º34'12"W).  [details]
Depth range 21-116 m.  
Depth range 21-116 m. [details]

Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments.   
Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments.  [details]

Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of...  
Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of their managing staff, especially Mr. Frank Wada and Dr. Sam Cheng, to the ecological and taxonomic research related to monitoring studies in Santa Monica Bay.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Ehlersia) hyperioni Dorsey & Phillips, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334890 on 2024-03-28
Date
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2023-07-03 11:26:27Z
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original description Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

source of synonymy Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 21-116 m. [details]

Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments.  [details]

Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of their managing staff, especially Mr. Frank Wada and Dr. Sam Cheng, to the ecological and taxonomic research related to monitoring studies in Santa Monica Bay.  [details]

Habitat Fine sediments (sandy silt, silty sand, sandy mud) at shelf depths.  [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA), Santa Monica Bay (33º52'27"N, 118º34'12"W).  [details]